Staff Systems Signal Processing Engineer
About the role
with paragraphs. - Responsibilities: The "What You’ll Get To Do" list includes many bullet points. Those are responsibilities. So we needResponsibilities
with- items.
- Requirements: Basic Qualifications list. That's requirements. So
Requirements
with- .
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list. That's qualifications. So
- ... each bullet from "What You’ll Get To Do"
- ... each bullet from Basic Qualifications
- ... each bullet from Preferred Qualifications
- Health Plan
- Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Qualifications
with- .
- Skills: Not explicitly separate; but we could combine experience with DSP etc. However we already have requirements and qualifications covering skills. The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could we merge Skills into Requirements? But we already have Requirements and Qualifications. Skills maybe not needed. However we have explicit skill items like "Experience with digital signal processing theory..." which are in Requirements. So we can skip Skills section.
- Benefits: There's a paragraph about benefits: "Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package..." and list: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more! Also later mentions health insurance, life and disability, savings plan, company paid holidays and PTO. So we have benefits content. So include
Benefits
with- listing those.
- Pay: There's "Primary Level Salary Range: $169,000.00 - $253,600.00". Also mention overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, long term incentives for VP/Director. So we have pay info. Include
Pay
with paragraph(s) maybe plus list? Could be paragraph. - Schedule: There's mention of "9/80 Work Schedule (where available)" under benefits, also position is 100% on-site. No explicit schedule like full-time, etc. There's no explicit schedule info besides maybe "9/80 Work Schedule". That's a schedule type. Could include Schedule section with that detail. However the instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state 9/80 Work Schedule (where available). So we can include Schedule section with that. Also mention "This position is based out of Linthicum, MD and will be 100% on-site." That's location, not schedule. So schedule: 9/80 work schedule (where available). Also maybe mention travel: 10% of the Time. That's travel, not schedule. So schedule section can include that. We also have relocation assistance, clearance required, travel. Those are metadata; we should fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph at top for relocation assistance, clearance, travel. But we should not create headings for those. So maybe after About the role we can have a
with that metadata. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the posting, but we can reformat. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip out the EEO statement, application period, equal opportunity employer, etc. Also remove the lines about "Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." and the link. Also remove "The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days..." etc. Also remove "Northrop Grumman has approximately 90,000 employees..." maybe that's boilerplate? It's somewhat generic but could be considered company overview; but it's not specific to role. Might be considered boilerplate. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The company overview may be considered boilerplate but it's not explicitly listed. However it's generic; but it's part of the description about the company. Might be considered part of "About the role"? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The company overview may be considered substantive? It's generic but still part of posting. However we might keep it in About the role section as it's about the company. But we could trim duplicates. There's also repeated statements about values etc. Might be considered boilerplate. Safer to keep the descriptive paragraphs about mission, values, etc as they are part of the posting's description of the company and culture. However the instruction to remove EEO etc. We'll remove the explicit EEO statement and application period lines. Also remove "U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions." That's maybe part of clearance requirement but it's duplicate of earlier "U.S Citizenship is required." We'll keep one. We need to ensure we don't repeat the job title as a heading. Now craft HTML. Structure:
About the role
... paragraphs about company mission, description of role, location, on-site, etc.
Then maybe afor metadata: Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time. Then
Responsibilities
Requirements
Qualifications
Benefits
Pay
Primary Level Salary Range: $169,000.00 - $253,600.00. The salary range is a guideline; base salary offers consider scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
ThenSchedule
Position is 100% on-site in Linthicum, MD. A 9/80 work schedule is available where applicable. Travel required: approximately 10% of time.
We need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The description also includes "This position is contingent upon the successful transfer of an active U.S Government Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access prior to start." That's clearance info; we included in metadata paragraph. Also "U.S Citizenship is required." included. Also "Basic Qualifications" includes Bachelor’s degree with 12 years experience etc. We'll list each. Also "Preferred Qualifications" list. Also "Experience with digital signal processing theory and application, including detection theory, estimation, filtering, spectral analysis, and time‑frequency methods." etc. Those are in Basic Qualifications. Also "Experience developing and analyzing algorithms in MATLAB, Python, or similar scientific computing environments" etc. Also "Experience in system‑level signal processing for radar or similar sensing systems." Also "Experience with requirements development, system architecture, and verification in a structured systems engineering environment." Also "Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross‑functional, multi‑disciplinary teams." Preferred qualifications list includes many. We need to ensure we capture all bullet points. Let's extract Basic Qualifications bullet points from text: - Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of experience, master's degree with 10 years of experience or Ph.D. with 8 year of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. - U.S Citizenship is required. - A current/active U.S. Government Secret Clearance - Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start - Experience with digital signal processing theory and application, including detection theory, estimation, filtering, spectral analysis, and time‑frequency methods. - Experience developing and analyzing algorithms in MATLAB, Python, or similar scientific computing environments - Experience in system‑level signal processing for radar or similar sensing systems. - Experience with requirements development, system architecture, and verification in a structured systems engineering environment. - Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross‑functional, multi‑disciplinary teams. That's 9 items. Preferred Qualifications bullet points: - Master's Degree or PhD in a STEM discipline - Experience with real‑time implementation of algorithms on embedded processors, FPGAs (e.g., VHDL/Verilog, HDL‑Coder, or FPGA tool flows), or GPUs. - Experience with data fusion, multi‑sensor tracking, machine learning applied to signal processing, or adaptive processing techniques. - Background in DoD or aerospace/defense programs, including working with government customers, requirements documents, and gated reviews. - Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, make architecture decisions, and influence system design across disciplines. That's 5 items. Now Responsibilities bullet points from "What You’ll Get To Do": - Lead the system-level architecture and design of signal processing chains for RF or multi‑sensor systems, from requirements through verification - Develop and analyze signal processing algorithms for detection, estimation, tracking, classification, filtering, and data fusion. - Perform system modeling and simulation (e.g., MATLAB, Python, and/or C++) to evaluate concept performance, trades, and robustness under representative operational scenarios. - Define and flow down system and subsystem requirements, including performance budgets, interfaces, and key design parameters. - Partner with hardware, software